Search for dissertations about: "Thymus"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 97 swedish dissertations containing the word Thymus.

  2. 21. On the Role of Polyamines in Apoptosis

    Author : Cecilia Hegardt; Bröstcancer-genetik; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; SSAT; DENSPM; spermine; polyamines; mitochondrial membrane potential; cytochrome c; caspase; flow cytometry; Jurkat cells; mouse thymocytes; thymus in vivo; programmed cell death; Dexamethasone-induced apoptosis; Fas-induced apoptosis; AdoMetDC; Cytology; oncology; cancerology; Cytologi; onkologi; cancer; Clinical biology; Klinisk biologi; Animal physiology; Djurfysiologi;

    Abstract : Apoptosis is a kind of death that is best described as cellular suicide and it is important for normal tissue homeostasis. The process can be induced by a number of different stimuli and the dying cell goes through a defined pathway terminating in typical biochemical and morphological alterations of the cell. READ MORE

  4. 22. Teratogenicity and in vitro fetal thymus toxicity of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin and its congeners : segregation with the Ah-locus

    Author : Ezdihar Abdul-Malek Hassoun; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; PHARMACY; FARMACI;

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  5. 23. Effects of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin on the thymus and on the specific immune response in the mouse

    Author : Katarina Lundberg; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; PHARMACY; FARMACI;

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  6. 24. Molecular mechanisms of HLA associations with myasthenia gravis

    Author : Peter Hjelmström; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Keywords : Myasthenia gravis; MHC; HLA; T cell receptor; acetylcholine receptor; TNF-a; thymus complex disease trait; autoimmunity; molecular modelling; stratification; DNA polymorphisms;

    Abstract : Myasthenia gravis (MG) is a neuromuscular disease characterised by muscle weakness due to an autoimmune attack against the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR). MG has a complex pattern of inheritance and several genetic and environmental factors are important in conferring susceptibility to the disease. READ MORE

  7. 25. Lineage commitment to a T

    Author : Sidinh Luc; Stamcellscentrum (SCC); []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Hematopoietic stem cell; hematopoiesis; lineage commitment; lymphoid-primed multipotent progenitor;

    Abstract : he hematopoietic development is a highly dynamic but tightly regulated process. The flexibility to produce blood cells through more than one route will allow the blood system to respond rapidly in stress situations such as infections. READ MORE